Officers from Counter Terrorism Policing South East (CTPSE) have arrested a 52-year-old man from Berkshire on suspicion of terrorism offences. The man was arrested at around 4.20pm on Friday (13/9) under section 58 of the Terrorism Act and detained under PACE. He was taken into police custody and

A 45-year-old man from Marlow has been arrested on suspicion of murder following the unexplained death of a woman in Cookham. The woman, who has been formally identified as 44-year-old Tracy Bailey, was found by police officers at an address in Station Road at about 8.35am on Tuesday. She was pronou

Welcome to Remember When, our weekly delve into the Advertiser archives to find out what was making headlines 25, 30, 40 and 50 years ago this week. If you recognise your younger self in any of the pictures please get in touch to share you memories. 1979: The men and women who ferried fighters and b

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Maidenhead Town Show will take over the High Street on Saturday. Organised annually by Craft Coop the event has been celebrating local creativity since 2013. Classes will be entered in the categories baking, crafts, crochet, horticulture, knitting, photography, preserves and sewing. Not just an oppo

Find out how much money was raised for charity at the third annual Wooburn and Bourne End village show on Sunday in this week's Bucks Community News. Also, find out where the Community Church - which previously held its Sunday services in Wooburn Green - will be moving next. Click below for the news

Maidenhead fire services attended a collision in Harvest Hill Road at 1pm today. The driver of a Mercedes was taken to hospital after a collision with another vehicle caused her car to overturn. Fire crews were at the scene for about an hour where the driver had sustained head injuries. An ambulance

The village’s household recycling centre (HRC) is set to remain open following a decision a Bucks County Council’s (BCC) cabinet on Monday. The decision not to close the under-threat centre, in Crow Piece Lane, comes after money-saving arrangements introduced by the cabinet earlier this year proved

A village favourite will embark on her 34thannual ‘fast’ for Oxfam next month. Barbara Walmsley, who is 82, has raised about £340,000 by sitting in the Providence Place Sainsbury’s in central Maidenhead for three days each year. Originally Barbara would fast over the three days, but after having som

A new temporary town centre car park will open on Saturday (September 14). A total of 40 new spaces, including five disabled bays, will be available on a short-stay basis on the site of the Landing - the patch of land surrounded by Queen Street, King Street and Broadway. It will be open 24 hours all

A cabinet member for bio-diversity has been appointed by the council. Cllr Donna Stimson (Con, St Mary’s), who founded sustainability volunteer group Maidenhead Matters before becoming a councillor in the May elections, has been handed the role. Cllr Stimson will bring forward green infrastructure p

A popular cafe which is fighting to survive following a planning dispute has only had two complaints made against it in the past two years. In a Freedom of Information request seen by the Advertiser, it is revealed that since August 2017 just two complaints were made against Velolife in Warren Row,

Police are cracking down on crime in the town’s parks, where criminal activity is ‘disproportionately high’. Thames Valley Police, working with the Royal Borough, identified Grenfell Park, Kidwells Park, Braywick Park and Oaken Grove Park as places that required improvement, along with three parks i

Ten volunteers climbed the UK’s three tallest mountains over the bank holiday weekend to raise £15,000 for three local charities. The group of trekkers, who all work at the French consortium Groupe SEB, in Riverside Walk, Windsor, scaled Scafell Pike, Snowdon and Ben Nevis and raised double their £7

Maidenhead fire services were called to a shed fire in Longworth Drive at 8pm last night. The homeowner called the fire station after noticing the shed was ablaze. Fire crews were at the scene for around two hours where the shed was destroyed and guttering was damaged. No one was injured during the

Council leader Simon Dudley tendered his resignation as a Royal Borough councillor with immediate effect this morning. In a letter addressed to managing director Duncan Sharkey and returning officer David Scott, Mr Dudley said the 'time has come for me to move on from the council'. See below for the

A former Maidenhead United footballer has been jailed for 14 years for firearms offences. Ricky Gabriel, 28, who played full-back for the Magpies briefly last season on a short-term loan from Braintree Town, was convicted of conspiracy to possess a firearm with intent to endanger life, concerning an

The Cox Green Horticultural and Craft show was ‘an excellent day with a lively atmosphere’ on Saturday. The show took place at Cox Green Youth and Community Centre in Highfield Lane. More than 60 children and adult entrants exhibited their hard work in classes across fruit, vegetables, flowers, cook

A comedian who only started doing stand-up less than a year ago is a finalist in the leading showcase for female comedy talent. Helena Langdon, who grew up in Maidenhead, is one of ten finalists in the Funny Women Stage Award. To earn her place she went-up against 433 entrants and through three stag

Shenanigans on and off the water ensured that this year’s Cookham Regatta went down a treat once again. Spectators gathered along the side of the Thames at Marsh Meadow on Saturday to watch a wide variety of boat races, from the canoe cats – two canoes joined together to form a catamaran, to the fer

Police are seeking witnesses after thieves armed with a knife broke into a Maidenhead home and threatened the occupant. A car, believed to be a white hatchback, stopped in Laxton Green, near Shoppenhangers Road, between 10 – 10.10pm on Saturday and four people got out. Armed with a knife, they broke